Biografi/ Biography :
Dr. Ng is a senior lecturer with extensive experience in teaching Mandarin as a second language. She began her academic career in 2005 and has since developed a strong foundation in language education and applied linguistics. In 2014, she joined Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) after completing her Ph.D. in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics at Beijing Normal University, China. Her doctoral studies were fully funded by a prestigious scholarship from the Chinese government, and her dissertation received the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award in 2014, conferred by the Chinese Academic Journal under the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China.
Dr. Ng’s academic expertise lies in linguistics, with her current research interests spanning critical discourse analysis, cultural studies, and pedagogical approaches in language education. Her work bridges language, identity, and cross-cultural communication, contributing to both theoretical advancement and practical applications in multilingual education contexts.
hong meng, azianura hani binti shaari, lay shi ng. (2025). media representations of the term ‘elderly’: a corpus-assisted discourse analysis in mainland and hong kong newspapers. - cogent social sciences. 1 - 16.
shaoci wang , lay shi ng, azianura hani bt shaari. (2025). from ancient myth to digital fires: the promethean journey of “shanghuo” — a tcm metaphor in short video. - forum for linguistic studies. 985 - 998.
yee yan wong, joo siew yap, shin ying chu, giuditta smith, pui juan woi, siaw chui chai, lay shi ng, ling-yi lin, maria garraffa. (2025). 'parents are the first tutors of their child': parents' perception of responsibility on practicing speech-language home program during covid-19 lockdown. - child: care, health and development. 1 - 10.
xianyun wang, afendi bin hamat, ng lay shi. (2024). designing a pedagogical framework for mobile-assisted language learning. - heliyon. 1-16.
ying qian ong, annette lim, hye ran park, elisabeth harrison, grace mcconnell, jaehoon lee, lay shi ng, shin ying chu. (2024). attitudes of malaysian speech-language pathologists and speech-language pathology students toward stuttering. - folia phoniatrica et logopaedica. 386 - 397.
yee yan wong, joo siew yap, shin ying chu, giuditta smith, pui juan woi, siaw chui chai, lay shi ng, ling-yi lin, maria garraffa. (2025). 'parents are the first tutors of their child': parents' perception of responsibility on practicing speech-language home program during covid-19 lockdown. - child: care, health and development. 1 - 10.
xianyun wang, afendi bin hamat, ng lay shi. (2024). designing a pedagogical framework for mobile-assisted language learning. - heliyon. 1-16.
ying qian ong, annette lim, hye ran park, elisabeth harrison, grace mcconnell, jaehoon lee, lay shi ng, shin ying chu. (2024). attitudes of malaysian speech-language pathologists and speech-language pathology students toward stuttering. - folia phoniatrica et logopaedica. 386 - 397.
wan nur syaza sahira wan rusli, azianura hani shaari, siti zaidah zainuddin, ng lay shi, aizan sofia amin. (2018). intra and intersentential code switching phenomena in modern malay songs. - 3l the southeast asian journal of english language studies. .
lay shi ng, siew ming thang, noorizah mohd. noor. (2018). the usage of social networking sites for informal learning: a comparative study between malaysia students of different gender and age group. - international journal of computer-assisted language learning and teaching. .
thang siew ming; noorizah mohd noor; ng lay shi; adzuhaidah md taha; noor baizura abdul aziz. (2017). influence of social networking on malaysian female secondary students : a qualitative study across three schools. - akademika. 267-278.
thang siew ming, noorizah mohd noor, ng lay shi, adzuhaidah md taha & noor baizura abdul aziz. (2017). influence of social networking on malaysian female secondary students: a qualitative study across three school. - akademika. 267-278.
hong meng, azianura hani binti shaari, lay shi ng. (2025). media representations of the term ‘elderly’: a corpus-assisted discourse analysis in mainland and hong kong newspapers. - cogent social sciences. 1 - 16.
yee yan wong, joo siew yap, shin ying chu, giuditta smith, pui juan woi, siaw chui chai, lay shi ng, ling-yi lin, maria garraffa. (2025). 'parents are the first tutors of their child': parents' perception of responsibility on practicing speech-language home program during covid-19 lockdown. - child: care, health and development. 1 - 10.
shaoci wang , lay shi ng, azianura hani bt shaari. (2025). from ancient myth to digital fires: the promethean journey of “shanghuo” — a tcm metaphor in short video. - forum for linguistic studies. 985 - 998.
meow ee chew, lay shi ng, nurjanah mohd jaafar, chun keat yeap. (2024). understanding oriental and western dragons in a globalised world: a cross-linguistic study of dragon-based metaphorical expressions in chinese and english. - 3l: language, linguistics, literature® the southeast asian journal of english language studies. 1 - 15.
xianyun wang, afendi bin hamat, ng lay shi. (2024). designing a pedagogical framework for mobile-assisted language learning. - heliyon. 1-16.
siew ming thang, lay shi ng. (2020). influence of age groups and school types on informal learning through the use of social networking sites. - . 30-47.
ng lay shi. (2016). the variations of dŕo in malaysian mandarin: a study of grammaticalization. - . 156-176.
yap joo siew, wong yee yan, sara keong yee hui, taufiq roslan, dr. chu shin ying, dr. ng lay shi, dr. badrulzaman abdul hamid, dr. yazmin binti ahmad rusli. (2023). kuasa bermain: buku panduan perkembangan bahasa dan pertuturan kanak-kanak. - . 87.
er ah choy;hamzah jusoh;marlyna bt. maros;ng lay shi;azianura hani binti shaari. (2021). kelestarian alam sekitar penanaman kelapa sawit dan minyak sawit di kilang-kilang malaysia timur: kajian kes di sabah. - . .
azianura hani shaari, mohammad rahim kamaluddin & ng lay shi. (2019). laporan geran penyelidikan frgs/1/2016/ss06/ukm/02/2: fenomena jenayah cinta siber di malaysia. - . .
ying qian ong, annette lim, shin ying chu, hye ran park, elisabeth harrison, jaehoon lee and lay shi ng. (2023). awareness and attitudes of speech-language pathologists' and speech-language pathology students towards stuttering in malaysia. - 13th allied health scientific conference 2023. 1.
shanthini pillai a/p joseph sandra;suziana bt. mat saad;ng lay shi. (2023). reassessing the colonial divide and rule impact on inter-ethnic relations in nineteenth century malaya . - . .
ng lay shi. (2022). teaching chinese as a second language: a study of dragon-based metaphorical expressions in chinese. - the 3rd peking university world chinese forum. 73.
azianura hani binti shaari;nor hashimah binti jalaluddin;siti hamin bt. stapa;ng lay shi;mohammad rahim bin kamaluddin. (2021). developing a model of the online dating romance scam in malaysia: sociolinguistics and criminological factors. - . .
ng lay shi. (2021). ph.d. thesis structure. - . 1-29.